Early Dorgans
THE DORGAN FAMILY OF CARRIGKILTER
CIVIL PARISH OF BALLINTEMPLE, EAST COUNTY CORK
AND
BALLYBRAHER
CIVIL PARISH OF CLOYNE, EAST COUNTY CORK
The first, oldest and directly connected Dorgan is Timothy Dargan (Dorgan) and his wife, Johanna. They are the Grandparents of Patrick Dargan who married Ann Flynn. I suspect Timothy Dargan is our oldest ancestor based on the family graves at Ballymacoda Hill Cemetery. There are three DARGAN (DORGAN) graves immediately on the right side after the entrance gate. One of the graves reads:
- ? erected (unable to read this line)
- To the Memory of
- Johanna Dorgan
- who died March 9th 1823
- Aged 73 years
- Rest in peace.
Timothy Dargan and his wife Joahanna had two known children: Mary Dargan and Edmond Dargan.
Mary Dargan died very young at 21 years old. Her father, Timothy, erected a headstone in Ballymacoda Cemetery that reads:
- This stone was
- erected by
- Timothy Dorgan
- in memory of his
- daughter Mary who
- Dept. this life Sept.
- 1th 1800 Aged 21 years
- May her soul Rest in peace
- Amen.
Edmond Dargan married but the name of his wife is not known. They had two known children: John Dargan and Patrick Dargan.
John Dargan erected a headstone to the memory of his father in the Ballymacoda Cemetery Edmond that reads:
- Erected by John Dorgan
- of Kilmachill
- in mem. of his beloved father
- Edmond Dorgan
- who died Dec. 24th 1877
- who died Dec. 24th 1877
Griffiths Valuation lists John Dargan living in Garryvoe, Garryvoe Lower in 1853. He married Mary Burke. I found this notation in the CMCR Project (Christening, Marriage, Cemetery Record) Project Marriage Registry:
- County: Cork
- Groom_Given: John
- Groom_Surname: Dorgan
- Bride_Given: Mary
- Bride_Surname: Burke
- Groom_Residence:
- Brides_Residence :
- Marriage_Date: 08/02/1831
- Church_or_Location: Killeagh
- Priest: J. Noonan
- Witness1: Wm Burke
- Witness2: Dl Ahern
- Record_Source: National Library of Ireland
John Dargan and Mary Burke had three known children: Edmund, John who married Nora and Francis. There is a Francis Dargin of Ballycrenane, Cloyne Parish who is listed in Griffith’s Valuation 1851-1853. I am not sure if this Francis is the son of John Dorgan and Mary Burke.
Here is what is known of Edmund Dorgan, the son of John Dargan and Mary Burke:
Birth Place: Kilmacahill, County Cork, Ireland
Father: John Dorgan (-1873)
Mother: Mary Burke
Griffith’s Valuation of 1851-53 lists an Edmond Dargin who had a House, Offices, and 11 acres and 3 roods of land in Kilmacahill. Edmund’s marriage certificate lists him as a farmer of Kilmacahill. He moved to Mary Scannell’s home in Sheenless when they were married.
He is buried in the Hill Cemetery, Ballymacoda, Parish of Ladysbridge, East Cork. His headstone reads:
“Erected by John Dorgan of Killmacahill in memory of his beloved father Edmund Dorgan who died Dec. 24th 1877 Aged 78.”
Spouse: Mary Scannell
Birth Place: Sheenless, County Cork, Ireland
Father: John Scannell (-<1890) Griffith’s Valuation lists John Scannell in Sheanliss who had a house, offices, and land: 2 acres, 1 rood, 29 perches & 27 acres, 1 rood and 34 perches. He also had an adjoining plot with a house occupied by Patrick Browne.
Marr Date: 21 JAN 1890
Marr Place: St. Coleman’s Church, Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland
Witnesses: John Dorgan and Nora Dorgan (Edmund’s brother and sister)
Mary Scannell was a widow when she married Edmund Dorgan. Her first husband was a man named Rohan. He could have been a Ronayne rather than Rohan since these names are often confused in the records. Her father, John Scannell, was deceased when she married Edmond Dorgan in 1890.
Children
Ellen
Birth Date: 29 OCT 1890
Birth Place: Sheenless, County Cork, Ireland
John
Birth Date: 29 OCT 1890
Birth Place: Sheenless, County Cork, Ireland
William
Birth Date: 26 DEC 1891
Birth Place: Sheenless, County Cork, Ireland
William was born at 2 AM.
Bridget
Birth Date: 26 DEC 1891
Birth Place: Sheenless, County Cork, Ireland
Bridget was born at 3 AM.
Margaret
Birth Date: 5 NOV 1894
Birth Place: Sheenless, County Cork, Ireland
Johannah
Birth Date: 19 APR 1896
Birth Place: Sheenless, County Cork, Ireland
Patrick Dargan, the brother of John Dargan of Garryvoe, is our direct ancestor and the starting point of the Dorgan Family Website.
This is a copy of the original map of Ballybraher, c. 1840
Ballycotton was mentioned in the Townland listings as Ballycottin (town, townland, and island) although it is shown as Ballycotton on the Townland Index maps and, of course, the Discovery maps. Ballycotton is about 10 miles SE of Middleton and 15 miles SW of Youghal, and is located on – what else – Ballycotton Bay. The largish (over 550 acres) townland of Ballybraher is situated to the immediate west and northwest of Ballycotton and nearly isolates it from the rest of Co. Cork. The dividing line between the civil parishes of Cloyne (eastern portion) and Kilmahon passes through the townland, hence it is listed under both parishes. The other Ballybraher listing is up in Ballyoughtera parish, near Castlemartyr.
BALLYBRAHER, CIVIL PARISH OF CLOYNE, EAST COUNTY CORK, C. 1840
This is a description of the nearby townland of Ballycotton in 1837:
From Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
Ballycotton
BALLYCOTTON, a village and plough-land, in the parish of CLOYNE, barony of IMOKILLY, county of Cork, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (S. E.) from Cloyne; containing 856 inhabitants.
